Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Henry Fordwas an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 July 1863
CityGreenfield, MI
CountryUnited States of America
people littles organized
People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that is why the people at large keep their freedom. People can be manipulated only when they are organized.
important things-to-do
The thing to do with money is to put it back into yourself, into your work, into the thing that is important, into whatever you are so much interested in that it is more important than money.
eye passion enthusiasm-for-life
Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait.
ignorance dark evil
What we call evil, it seems to me, is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark.
differences
Understand the difference between being at work and working.
men able length
The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.
fate soul captains
You are the Master of your Fate, the Captain of your Soul.
winning class two
Two classes of people lose money; those who are too weak to guard what they have; those who win money by trick. They both lose in the end.
stories knows ifs
Every object tells a story if you know how to read it.
car long black
Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.
difficulty
The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.
machinery goods
Power and machinery, money and goods, are useful only as they set us free to live.
inspiration color long
People can have the Model T in any color – so long as it’s black.
jobs men thinking
None of our men are 'experts.' We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job . . . Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible.